Missouri Revised Statutes

Chapter 40
Military Justice
Section 40.405

August 28, 2014

Larceny or wrongful appropriation of property--court-martial.

40.405. 1. Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 who
wrongfully takes, obtains, or withholds, by any means, from the possession of
the owner or of any other person any money, personal property, or article of
value of any kind:

(1) With intent permanently to deprive or defraud another person of the
use and benefit of property or to appropriate it to his own use or the use of
any person other than the owner, steals that property and is guilty of
larceny; or

(2) With intent temporarily to deprive or defraud another person of the
use and benefit of property or to appropriate it to his own use or the use of
any person other than the owner, is guilty of wrongful appropriation.

2. Any person found guilty of larceny or wrongful appropriation shall be
punished as a court-martial may direct.